Hello community! I'm looking to get some ideas for paid audio editing software aside from Adobe Audition and Sony SoundForge. Due to our IT policies, we can't use freeware (which is too bad because I love Audacity!), so we're trying to find a paid option.
We need to be able to do pitch shifting to disguise voices, noise removal to clean up our audio, and then the rest of the basics like fades, volume adjustments, and multi-track mixing.
I use Sony Sound Forge and it should serve your needs I think. I have done any pitch shifting but there is an option for that. All of the other stuff you mention works very well in Sound Forge.
I was wondering what you ended up choosing and how it worked out. I have the same issue here at my company. I prefer Audacity but we can't use it here. Any guidance would be really helpful.
Hello Jenna! So we ended up using two options. One was to edit and export the mp3 through Camtasia. It works pretty well for most things. I ended up downloading the executable version of Audacity that doesn't actually have to install on my computer, but will run. I didn't have to go to IT to make this work.
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This thread here provides some options.
I use Sony Sound Forge and it should serve your needs I think. I have done any pitch shifting but there is an option for that. All of the other stuff you mention works very well in Sound Forge.
Try Reaper! It's free to trial and has the functionality of any other 'main' Digital Audio Workstation.
Hey Fletcher,
I was wondering what you ended up choosing and how it worked out. I have the same issue here at my company. I prefer Audacity but we can't use it here. Any guidance would be really helpful.
I love WavePad Audio Editor from NCH software. Been using it for years - very simple to use, and affordable.
Sean I think this is the perfect software for us. Thanks so much for your recommendation!
Hello Jenna! So we ended up using two options. One was to edit and export the mp3 through Camtasia. It works pretty well for most things. I ended up downloading the executable version of Audacity that doesn't actually have to install on my computer, but will run. I didn't have to go to IT to make this work.
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